To me it seems likely to be a vicious cycle. I know that back in the
80s or 90s some magazines tried to fix their balance sheets by cutting
paid subscribers. It didn't work.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/2/2014 11:58 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
Charly, why are you so quick todismiss the idea of a web-based,
advertiser-supported magazine? It requires more than QST's images of
the paper magazine, but as someone suggested a few weeks ago, there
*are* successful hobby magazines on the web. Of course, some people
will always seek out "echo chambers" that reinforce their own views, but
quality still has a chance.
73, Pete N4ZR
Do these magazines actually make money from subscriptions or from the
advertising revenue? Maybe fewer vendors are advertising in CQ. I
know that QST is about half ad's now. 73
Tom W7WHY
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